Oracle Sql And Introductory Pl Sql

Introduction to SQL and PL/SQL is today's most hands-on and easy-to-understand resource for learning the increasingly important SQL and PL/SQL databases, and preparing for the first Oracle certification exam. Two sample databases build on concepts taught in each chapter and allow readers to practice what they learn without having to suffer through a complex and potentially difficult design process.

If you're developing applications that access Oracle databases, you can save time and trouble by having the database do more work for you. That's where this book comes in. It teaches you how to create effective SQL queries to retrieve and update the data in an Oracle database. It teaches you how to design and implement a database, giving you insight into performance and security issues. It teaches you how to use Oracle's procedural language, PL/SQL, to take advantage of powerful features like stored procedures, functions, and triggers. In short, it teaches you to write the kind of SQL and PL/SQL that makes you a more effective and valuable developer.

The authors have revised and updated this bestseller to include both the Oracle8i and new Oracle9i Internet-savvy database products.

Introduction. Foundations. WebDB. Oracle Application Server (OAS). HTML. PL/SQL. The PL/SQL Toolkit. Developing applications. XML. Appendix: Resources fot the Oracle Web Developer.

"Learning Oracle PL/SQL" introduces PL/SQL in a way that's useful to a variety of audiences: beginning programmers, new Oracle database administrators, and developers familiar with other databases who now need to learn Oracle. A consistent and understandable example application--the development of a library's electronic catalog system--runs through the chapters.

CD-ROM contains: Practice database -- Sample scripts reference in text.